South By Southwest is well underway. For those in Austin this week:

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13 Emerging Bands for 2013 Infographic by Sonicbids
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Tonight (Friday, 3.8.13) is Free Press Houston‘s 10-year “celebranza” at Fitzgerald’s, which is a sold-out event. Today is also the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Houston Calling (no, really), and while I’ll leave the celebrating to the bigger folks at FPH, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention some of things I’ve enjoyed the […]

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Free Press Houston celebrates its 10-year milestone with a huge show this Friday night (3.8.13) at Fitzgerald’s.

Last week, Free Press Houston released its line-up for this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, which will be held June 1-2, 2013, in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park.

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Houston Calling is now on Facebook. Please take a minute to “like” the page — thanks.

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Houston’s Jealous Creatures has a new album out, Bazooka, along with a new video for “Hurry Up”.
Check it out here:

Buy Bazooka online here.

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As reported in the Houston Press‘s Rocks Off blog, Grandfather Child frontman Lucas Gorham recently broke his collarbone in an accident and the medical bills are piling up. Local musicians and Gorham’s friends have organized a benefit this Sunday (2.10.13) at Fitzgerald’s at 5pm. Grandfather Child’s Geoffrey Muller, Buxton‘s Sergio Trevino, Second Lovers, Featherface (a […]

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Houston Calling’s 2012 favorite albums coming soon…

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Earlier this year, Grandfather Child — one of Houston’s most talked-about bands of 2012 — released a video recorded at the Edythe Bates Old Chapel in Round Top, TX. You can view it below:

Find out more about Grandfather Child at www.grandfatherchild.com. You can buy the band’s debut album at local record stores or online at […]

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New-ish indie folksters The Rebecca West plays a free show at Cactus Music tomorrow (Saturday, 10.20.12) at 1pm. For those who haven’t heard of the band before, it is made up of local musicians (and husband and wife) Matt Hammon (formerly of any number of bands, including The Gloria Record, Bob Mould, and Tody Castillo’s […]

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This Saturday (tomorrow, 10.20.12) is the second annual Skatestock, which features live music from local bands, along with art and skateboarding, at the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark on the edge of downtown Houston.
Local punk rockers Something Fierce–one of my long-time local favorites–is schedule to perform, along with Rivers, Hell City Kings, Tax The Wolf, […]

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